PM Prepcast Review

PMP online training and simulator from PM Prepcast are considered to be the most respected learning products for the certification exam prep. Not only their PMP products but PMI-ACP and CAMP products also are a good choice for your certification journey. You can buy any one of them without any hesitation.

I have written this article to review and assess the PM Prepcast’s learning and educational products for various PMI credential tests. You will find pros & cons and my recommendation about the company and its products in this article.

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PM Prepcast was started by Cornelius Fichtner. He is one of the most respected figures in the project management training industry. Unlike other training companies, PM Prepcast training material is designed and prepared directly by Mr. Fichtner. You can watch some of his learning videos on Youtube.

Over the years, PMP online training and practice test simulator have almost become almost synonymous with PM Prepcast’s offering. They are extremely popular among the student community. At the time of writing this article PM Prepcast claims to have more than 60,000+ students.

While writing this article, PM Prepcast had a rating of 4.7 from 501 reviews and 4.9 from 1136 reviews on Trustpilot and Google respectively. These ratings are indicative of how satisfied PM Prepcast customers are.

PM Prepcast PMP Training Course Review

$279 | $349 (with simulator) | (4.6 / 5)

Prepcast offers on-demand video training to ace the PMP exam. After completing the training, you will get a 35 contact hours certificate which is mandatory for applying to the PMP exam. Training is based on the latest PMP exam changes that includes content from the PMBOK Guide 7th edition.

There are many pros and cons to the training program. Let’s discuss them one by one.

Pros

1. Established and Trusted Brand

PM Prepcast is a well-known company. you can easily find people on the internet who studied using this course and passed the PMP. Cornelius Fichtner is very experienced and famous in the PMP training industry.

2. Best in Class Exam Simulator

The PM Prepcast Elite plan offers you a simulator with 90-day access. It contains 2250+ practice questions with five full exams and question pools.

You can retake these exams as many as time you want. The 90-day count will start from the day when you visit your first simulator. Please keep in mind that a plan lower than elite doesn’t include this simulator.

Read this article for a side-by-side comparison of top simulators.

3. Money Back Guarantee

For any reason, if you didn’t find this course useful or good enough, you can ask for your money back within 90 days of purchase. Refunds can be initiated by sending an email. they are usually processed within 5 days.

4. Vast Study Material

With this course, you will get different kinds of study material that could be very useful in your PMP exam prep.

This includes email courses, formula guides, study guides, ebooks, simulators, recorded videos, podcasts, webinars, etc.

5. Downloadable Videos and Mobile Friendly

One of the best things about this course is it can be downloaded on your mobile phone or tablet. If you are going on a long trip or something else where the internet might be an issue, you don’t need to worry about it. Download all the videos prior to your travel and watch them whenever or wherever you want to.

In case, if you ask for a refund you are bounded to delete all the downloaded study material.

6. Student Forum

If you getting any problems that you want to discuss with other PMP fellows, the Prepcast forum will help you. You can submit your questions in the forum and other students can follow up and write their reviews.

Cons

1. No Trainer’s Face in Videos

Although the video is made by Cornelius Fichtner himself using presentation slides recording, you can’t see his face during the video lessons. Which makes it a little less engaging.

2. Written Study material

PM Prepcast offers a lot of study material that can be printed, or you can view a soft copy of them on your device. But reading through these many things can be tedious for some people.

3. No Simulator in PM Prepcast Basic

A practice exam simulator is important to gain confidence before sitting in the PMP exam. That confidence can be come from attempting practice questions. But if you purchase the Basic plan you don’t get the simulator. This means either you buy another simulator for practice or attempt the PMP exam without enough practice.

Pricing

Name	Prize	Deliverables
Basic	$279	It comes with 35 content hours of video training with a certificate.
Elite	$349	This plan includes 90 days of access to the 2,280 questions simulator along with training in the basic plan.
Elite Plus	Currently not available	According to Prepcast, it will be available till the fourth quarter of 2022. It contains many guidebooks, formula cheatsheets, and email courses including all in the elite plan.

Read my post on top PMP online certification courses if you are looking for an alternative.

PM Prepcast CAPM Training Course Assessment

$229 | $259 (with simulator) | (4.6 / 5)

Prepcast offers on-demand video training to ace the CAPM exam. this training course is similar to PMP training course. After completing the training you will get a 23 contact hours certificate.

There are many pros and cons to the training program. Let’s discuss them one by one.